Road Tenders
The following Road Tenders were opened at the Court-house on the 28th ult. Contract 43/94 (Fresh Tenders)— E Mitchell. £33 2/6; A Eugh, £33 18/9: W…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1895
19 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers
The Raising of Windsor Bridge
As certain extensive improvements and alterations to Windsor Bridge are projected in the near future, it has been deemed an opportune time by a number of residents to agitate in favour of the…
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ON Monday evening last a large and representative meeting was held at the Windsor School of Arts, for the purpose of urging upon the Minister for Works the necessity…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Windsor and Richmond Gazette. Saturday, March 23, 1895. The River Bridge
A DEPUTATION, consisting of Hon W Walker, M.L C., Messrs J J Paine, D Holland, B Conlon, J C Fitzpatrick and W H B Piddington, M L A, was introduced by Mr W Morgan, M L A, to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Freeman's Reach Road
IN the Assembly last week, Mr Edden (for Mr Black) asked the Secretary for Public Works,—(l) Is it a fact that the clearing of a proposed road from Freeman's Reach to Bullridge, in the Hawkes…
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To the Editor. Sir,—Minister Young is probably right in stating that the cost of raising Windsor bridge would be nearer £8000 than £2000, seeing that to be any good the floor would re…
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A PUBLIC meeting was held at Wilberforce, in the Australian Hall, on Monday evening, for the pur pose of supporting the movement in favour of raising Windsor Bridge to a higher level. There…
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To the Editor. Dear Sir,—As every one admits, the Windsor Bridge should be raised from its present level. The Goverament object on the ground of the expense. I think the level of the bridge…
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MR. HICKSON, the Commissioner for Roads and Bridges, accompanied by Mr De Burgh, Supervising Engineer for Bridges, paid a visit of inspection the Windsor Bridge on…
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To the Editor. Sir,—I noticed a remark recently in your weekly paper concerning the Hawkesbury bridge. AS"an old resident of the Hawkesbury and Windsor. I remember when Robert Fitzgerald…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A "Railway Point."
TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—A firm in Albury recently contracted with a firm in Bourke to land bran and pollard in Bourke at so much per ton, including, of course, carriage by rail. All flour south of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →luquest. Suicide on Windsor Road
ON Sunday afternoon last, a girl 17 years of age, named Florrie Worgan, residing at Mr, Richard White's, Windaor-Road, committed suicide by taking strychnine. On Monday an inquest was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Windsor Bridge. to Be Raised at Last
THE agitation so persistently kept going by the. GAZETTE during the past seven years has at length borne fruit, and on the loan estimates now being passed through the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →N.S.W. Railways
ONE of the most encouraging signs of the times is the improving condition of trade as indicated in the Quarterly Report of the Railway Commissioners just published. It…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Comleroy Road
Great sympathy is expressed for Mr P Norris, of Kurrajong Slopes, in his sad bereavement, by the death of his wife, which took place on Monday evening last, the 20th inst. Mr Norris had been…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →New System of Electrical Tramways
RESIDENTS of Sydney frequently inveigh against the clamorous, earsplitting bedlam occasioned in George-street by the rattle of hurrying omnibuses and the shrill mixed tones of a hundred noisy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Pic-nic
ON Monday last the railway locomotive employees proceeded by special trains from Sydney to Richmond, to hold their annual picnic. It is estimated that fully 5000 people were present, and as they…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Freights
THE Railway Commissioners have inaugurated a new system of rates per goods train, which came into fome on Monday last, 4th inst whereby small parculs of produce, butter, eggs,. [?] fruit, &c…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Blacktown Road Toll-bar
MR. T. [?] A., writes us to the following effect.—I have just received wom from Mr. Barling, Secretary, Public Works Deparrtment, that the Minister for Works has given instructions…
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